I believe that having something to hope for—even if it's just a better tomorrow—is the most powerful drug on this planet.

—Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller

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About Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Lynn Picoult ( PEE-koh; born 1966) is an American writer. As of 2026, Picoult has published 30 novels, several short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide and have been translated into 34 languages. In...

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Heroes did not always swoop in to rescue. They made questionable calls. They lived with doubts. They replayed and edited and imagined different outcomes. They killed, sometimes, to save.

—Jodi Picoult in A Spark of Light

Isn't that what true romance is supposed to be about? Finding the person who's your soulmate. Someone you dream about at night. Someone whose name is on your lips when you wake up in the morning.

—Jodi Picoult in Between the Lines

I wasn't going to wait around for some prince, when I could very well save myself.

—Jodi Picoult in Plain Truth

It feels like a punch. Tears fill my eyes, and I wonder how I could be upset over losing something I never had.

—Jodi Picoult in Between the Lines

You can't buy a clean conscience.

—Jodi Picoult in Mercy

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Paradise is exactly like where you are right now… only much, much better.

—Laurie Anderson

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The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time, and if you don't give up, you will get better.

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True love is supposed to make you into a better person—uplift you.

—Emily Giffin in Love the One You're With

Everyone should get to experience a love like that. That kind of love that makes us better people.

—R.K. Lilley in Grounded

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Lately I've been thinking it would have been better to have just been by myself. That way, at least all of high school wouldn't be tinged with his memory.

—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride

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